Durban Moment
TheDurban Momentrefers to the period in the early and mid-1970s when theSouth Africancity ofDurbanbecame the centre of a new vibrancy in the struggle againstapartheid.The two central figures in this moment wereSteve BikoandRichard Turner– the former was closely associated with theBlack Consciousness Movementand the latter with thetrade unionmovement.[1]The two were in a reading group together. Both were influenced by thenew leftand had links to radical Christian circles.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ van Holdt, Karl (2011)."The Johannesburg Moment: Open Address at the Mail & Guardian Literary Festival".Books Live.Retrieved25 May2012.
- ^ Macqueen, Ian (2011).Re-imagining South Africa: Black Consciousness, radical Christianity and the New Left, 1967–1977(PhD Thesis).University of Sussex.
External links
[edit]- Fluxman, Tony; Vale, Peter (2004)."Re-reading Rick Turner in the New South Africa"(PDF).International Relations.18(2): 173–189.doi:10.1177/0047117804042671.S2CID144755693.
- Macqueen, Ian (2010). "Black Consciousness in Dialogue: Richard Turner, Steve Biko and the 'Durban Moment', 1970–1974".Journal of Asian and African Studies.University of KwaZulu-NatalHistory Department.CiteSeerX10.1.1.880.1033.doi:10.1177/0021909613493609.S2CID146298315.
- Lambert, Rob (2010)."Eddie Webster, the Durban moment and new labour internationalism"(PDF).Transformation.72:26–47.doi:10.1353/trn.0.0066.S2CID154567031.
- Rick Turner,SA History Online
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